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UNICEF SUMMARY

I. UNICEF History• UNICEF = United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

 

Established on 11 December 1946, by United Ntions !ener"Assemb"y• 6* generations of UNICEF Executie !irectors u" to the "resent day

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• $%&6# Foc#s on Food to E#ro+e

o  -fter .orld .ar II, in the /inter of $%&6($%&', millions of 

"eo"le in Euro"e /ere still /ithout "ro"er shelter, fuel, clothingor food0 Children es"ecially /ere suffering# In some affectedareas, half of all babies /ere dying before their first birthday0UNICEF is created in !ecember $%&6 by the United Nations to"roide food, clothing and health care to them0

• $%)1# UNICEF becomes +ermnent +rto In $%)+, its mandate /as broadened to address the long2term

needs of children and /omen in deelo"ing countrieseery/here0 UNICEF became a "ermanent "art of the UnitedNations system in $%)1, /hen its name /as shortened to theUnited Nations Children3s Fund0 4o/eer, UNICEF retained itsoriginal acronym0

• $%)%# Dec"rtion o, t)e Ri-)ts o, t)e C)i"d

o 5he UN eneral -ssembly ado"ts the !eclaration of the 7ightsof the Child /ith $+ "rinci"les, /hich defines children’s rights to"rotection, education, health care, shelter and good nutrition0

• $%6$# Ed#ction

o Follo/ing more than a decade of focus on child health issues,UNICEF ex"ands its interests to address the needs of the /holechild0 5hus begins an abiding concern /ith education, starting/ith su""ort to teacher training and classroom e8ui"ment in

ne/ly inde"endent countries• $%6)# Nobe" $ece $rie

o Nineteen years after its founding, UNICEF /as a/arded theNobel 9eace 9ri:e on 6 ;ctober $%6) for

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"riate and non2goernmental organi:ations and the /orld3s"eo"les, to ta?e adantage of increasing o""ortunities for im"roing the lies of children eery/here0

• $%%# Con/ention on t)e Ri-)ts o, t)e C)i"do 5he Conention is ado"ted by the UN eneral -ssembly0 It

enters into force in @e"tember $%%+0 It becomes the most/idely2 and ra"idly2acce"ted human rights treaty in history0

o UNICEF’s mission is to adocate for the "rotection of children’s

rights, to hel" meet their basic needs and to ex"and their o""ortunities to reach their full "otential0 UNICEF is guided indoing this by the "roisions and "rinci"les of the Conention onthe 7ights of the Child0

• ++# S+eci" Session on C)i"dreno  - landmar? @"ecial @ession of the UN eneral -ssembly /as

conened to reie/ "rogress since the .orld @ummit for Children in $%%+ and re2energi:e global commitment to

children3s rights0 It /as the first such @ession deotedexclusiely to children and the first to include them as officialdelegates0 It /as conened to reie/ "rogress since the .orld@ummit for Children in $%%+ and re2energi:e global commitmentto children3s rights0

II. UNICEF0s Mission• 5hreefold Aission of the UNICEF

o o ens#re t)t bsic n#trition2 )e"t)2 nd ed#ction needso, c)i"dren re met

• @e/age2dis"osal systems, clean drin?ing /ater and

sanitary liing conditions to childreno o -i/e c)i"dren t)e o++ort#nity to e3+nd t)eir +otenti"

• By training educators to deelo" effectie school"rograms, "rimary school education

o o crete n interntion" et)ic" stndrd o, be)/ior tord c)i"dren

• 9roides a relief net/or? for children and their "arents or other caregiers in the aftermath of disasters, such asfloods, earth8ua?es, and droughts, "reent child abuse,child labor, sexual ex"loitation of children, and the use of 

children as soldiers• 9roide immuni:ations to millions of children against

"otentially fatal diseases

• Children rights#$0 Ri-)ts o, s#r/i/" ( enough nutritional food0 Ri-)ts o, ed#ction ( at least "rimary school (at

least grade % in Cambodia

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10 Ri-)ts o, +rtici+tion  ( "eo"le "ay muchattention to children ideas

&0 Ri-)ts o, de/e"o+ment ( receie the deelo"mentof their community

III. UNICEF Str#ct#res• 5/er 19 countries and territories

• More t)n 7 country offices

o 4ead8uarters in Ne Yor*

 

162member Executie Board, by United Nations EC5S5C, for t)ree8

yer termso 5he 162member Executie Board is made u" of goernment

re"resentaties, elected by the United Nations EC;@;C,usually for three2year terms0

• Executie director has ,i/e8yer mndte

I(. UNICEF F#ndrisin- 

S+onsors)i+o UNICEF has an agreement /ith the @"ainish association

football club 'ce"onD the club /ould donate $0) mil Euro "er year to the organi:ation for ) years since ++60

  ric*8or8ret UNICEF bo3o In $%)+, a grou" children get their 1: /hich they receied from

4allo/een to donate to UNICEF 5ric?2or25reat box to hel" theictims of ;or"d ;r 70 = 5radition in North -merica0

o Ex0 In Canada 2 GH%$ mil0 , U@2H$1 mil0

 

Art in A"" o, Uso Charity box

Cor+orte $rtners)i+o UNICEF /or?s /ith all si:es and all ty"es of business, UNICEF

inest /ith other com"anies around the /orldo Ex0 ;ral "ure drin?ing /ater in Cambodia

(. Conc"#sion• UNICEF /as established for humanitarian and deelo"mental

assistance to children and mothers• 7ecommendation#

o Enhance "artnershi" /ith research and "olicy in the regionalleel

o @trengthen the staff im"lementation

o oo? around all criticism

o Create more fundraising actiities